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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Moses Thiago Santos (ranked 3689 p4p, 4401 weight class) and Barnabus Sanitario (ranked 220 p4p, 246 weight class). The key to victory for Moses Thiago Santos has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Moses Thiago Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Barnabus Sanitario!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Paulo Santos and Leandro Rodrigues.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sanitario looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Thiago Santos regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Sanitario.
Sanitario postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Thiago Santos is on top in guard.
Thiago Santos is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Thiago Santos wants to control from the top but Sanitario keeps moving.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Thiago Santos's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sanitario is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Sanitario scores with a nice shot.
Sanitario really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Thiago Santos. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Thiago Santos trying to control the position from guard on top but Sanitario is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sanitario avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thiago Santos trying to control but Sanitario is working from the bottom.
Sanitario avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Sanitario scores with a nice shot.
Thiago Santos with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Sanitario doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Sanitario lands a couple of decent looking body shots there.
Thiago Santos has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Thiago Santos distracts Sanitario with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Sanitario trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Thiago Santos won't allow Sanitario to sweep him here.
Sanitario scores with a nice shot.
Sanitario keeping moving, preventing Thiago Santos from controlling successfully.
Sanitario striking off his back.
Thiago Santos is on the wrong end of a couple of strikes there.
Thiago Santos trying to control but Sanitario is working from the bottom.
Sanitario throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanitario looking for a sweep. Not yet Sanitario, not yet.
Thiago Santos trying to control but Sanitario is working from the bottom.
Sanitario working a defensive guard here.
Thiago Santos throws a big right hand that misses.
Sanitario trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Thiago Santos misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Thiago Santos shoots for a double leg takedown but Sanitario sprawls well. He's pushed Thiago Santos's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Thiago Santos shoots in for a takedown but Sanitario shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Sanitario changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Moses Thiago Santos. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Thiago Santos fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Thiago Santos gets caught napping as Sanitario dives in and scores a takedown. Thiago Santos manages to retain guard.
Sanitario distracts Thiago Santos with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Sanitario trying to control the position from guard on top but Thiago Santos is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanitario postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Sanitario is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Sanitario scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Thiago Santos on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Thiago Santos tries to get out of the position.
Sanitario cracks Thiago Santos with a solid left hand.
Sanitario postures up and lands a big shot to Thiago Santos's brow.
Thiago Santos avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Sanitario working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Thiago Santos trying to control the position.
Thiago Santos will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Sanitario content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Sanitario landing some decent shots from guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanitario with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Sanitario keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Thiago Santos's head.
Thiago Santos has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Sanitario is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Thiago Santos is rocked!
Sanitario works over Thiago Santos with some ground and pound from guard.
Thiago Santos is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Thiago Santos slips a nice elbow through Sanitario's hands, connecting with Sanitario's forehead.
Sanitario is looking for a sweep. Thiago Santos is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Sanitario punching from the bottom.
Thiago Santos passes to full mount!
Thiago Santos wants to control the pace but Sanitario is squirming around nicely.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Barnabus Sanitario dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Sanitario gets a takedown into half guard.
Thiago Santos pushes Sanitario off and gets back to his feet.
Thiago Santos shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Sanitario as he avoids it easily.
Sanitario throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Thiago Santos tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Sanitario is in Thiago Santos's guard.
Sanitario throws a strike but Thiago Santos rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sanitario throws a couple of heel strikes.
Sanitario throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Thiago Santos throws a big elbow that misses.
Thiago Santos won't allow Sanitario to sweep him here.
Thiago Santos drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Thiago Santos jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Sanitario lands some strikes from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanitario striking from his own guard.
Thiago Santos is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Sanitario looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Thiago Santos postures up.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Thiago Santos is pushing down on Sanitario's leg trying to pass to half guard. Sanitario is fighting to maintain full guard but Thiago Santos has managed to sneak the leg through.
Sanitario wants to improve his position but Thiago Santos is controlling well.
Sanitario keeps trying to improve his position.
Thiago Santos seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Thiago Santos blocks the strikes from Sanitario.
Thiago Santos thows a huge punch but Sanitario dodges it nicely.
Sanitario keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Thiago Santos lands strikes from half guard.
Sanitario wants to get back to full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thiago Santos seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Sanitario does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Sanitario flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Sanitario is on the bottom, trying to hold on to half guard. He's throwing a few small shots here, to keep his opponent honest.
Thiago Santos is trying to control the action in half guard but Sanitario is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Sanitario is looking to control Thiago Santos's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Sanitario avoid being mounted?
Sanitario is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Thiago Santos is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Sanitario has managed to free his arm - good work.
Sanitario keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Thiago Santos is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thiago Santos blocks the strikes from Sanitario.
Well, if Thiago Santos is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Thiago Santos blocks the strikes from Sanitario.
Thiago Santos looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Sanitario tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Sanitario striking from the bottom.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Thiago Santos lands a nice short elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Sanitario is trying to get back to full guard.
Thiago Santos frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Thiago Santos can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Sanitario is looking to escape.
Sanitario tries to improve his position but instead Thiago Santos has taken his back!
Thiago Santos is hanging on to Sanitario's back as he tries to escape.
Sanitario is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Thiago Santos looking for the RNC.
Thiago Santos struggling to keep hold of the position.
Thiago Santos throwing damaging strikes from the back! Sanitario could be in trouble here!
Sanitario is in bad spot here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Moses Thiago Santos dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Sanitario looks to land a left hand but Thiago Santos moved out of range nicely.
Thiago Santos fails with a takedown attempt.
Thiago Santos tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Sanitario swivels and escapes.
Thiago Santos gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Sanitario to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Sanitario postures up.
Sanitario throws an elbow that misses. Thiago Santos uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Sanitario's guard. Nice move by Thiago Santos!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thiago Santos postures up.
Thiago Santos drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Thiago Santos jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Thiago Santos throwing strikes from guard but Sanitario blocks nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thiago Santos is in close to Sanitario's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Sanitario trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Thiago Santos scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Thiago Santos stopping the sweep attempt from Sanitario.
Thiago Santos is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Sanitario looking to hit a scissor sweep but Thiago Santos is one step ahead there.
Sanitario working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Thiago Santos.
Sanitario doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Thiago Santos working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Sanitario's head.
Thiago Santos trying to control the position from guard on top but Sanitario is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Thiago Santos throws a big right hand that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanitario wants to sweep but no luck.
Sanitario trying to control the position.
Sanitario might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Thiago Santos haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Sanitario throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Thiago Santos goes for a double leg but Sanitario avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the ropes as Sanitario continues to drive forward.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Moses Thiago Santos. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sanitario is looking for a takedown up against the ropes. Thiago Santos gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Sanitario tries to score a body lock takedown but Thiago Santos shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Sanitario has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Thiago Santos after a bit of a struggle.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thiago Santos works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Thiago Santos postures up and lands a big shot to Sanitario's brow.
Thiago Santos chips away with some ground and pound.
Thiago Santos working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Sanitario's head.
Thiago Santos throwing strikes from guard but Sanitario blocks nicely.
Sanitario throws a nice elbow from the bottom.
Sanitario trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Sanitario throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Thiago Santos missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Sanitario preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Moses Thiago Santos overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Thiago Santos preventing the sweep.
Sanitario trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Thiago Santos is working Sanitario over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Sanitario throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thiago Santos scoring with punches to the head and body.
Thiago Santos trying to control the position from guard on top but Sanitario is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Sanitario lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Sanitario's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Thiago Santos wants to stand and escape but Sanitario is having none of it.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Sanitario postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Sanitario throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Thiago Santos works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Sanitario throws a strike but Thiago Santos rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
And that's the end of the fight!
Moses Thiago Santos showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Thiago Santos has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 29:28
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Moses Thiago Santos!
The defeated Barnabus Sanitario had this to say: 'Forever uncleeeeean'.
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